This & That, Ceci et Cela

One of the hottest hits at the Frankfurt and auto show was the Mercedes Benz SLR, a product offering inspired by the famous 1950s SLR models. Working with McLaren, Mercedes used the latest F1-developed technologies to construct the ...

"Sir Alfred" aka Merhan Nasseri has lived in Charles De Gaulle airport for 15 YEARS. (GQ Mag "The 15yr layover"), and at http://www.geektimes.com/michael/culture/reality/merhan-nasseri/stranded.html

The clever wheelchair that balances itself and can even climb stairs has been shown for the first time in the UK.

Row ensues after a New Zealand leading broadcaster described UN Secretary General Kofi Annan as a "cheeky darkie". At least 3 times, no less. As someone said "He must be quite mad".  I wish he was; unfortunately, all evidence points to him being sane and educated but the mofo has apparently always carried such beliefs.  A friend tells me that NZ and Oz (Australia) aren't ...

The launch of Nigeria's first satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia has been delayed for 24 hours. I must say my 1st reaction was satellite ke? When people are starving? But I suppose the need of spatial monitoring for climactic+agricultural purposes make sense. Assuming the program gets implemented to the letter...

"It is widely believed that the hijab (headscarf) is an ancient Muslim Tradition. It was in fact invented in Lebanon in the 70's by the Shia Sect so that the Shia women can be differentiated from other Islamic women. The design of the scarf itself is based on older European scarves that women used to wear. I think it is wrong to say that the hijab is Islamic tradition ...

The image of Russian Mafia is definitely a romantic idea. I've thought about dating one m'self. Y'know, to get some fear rolling and keep the riffraffs at bay.  Well, Swiss bodybuilders find the Russe Mafioso imagery hot too because US officials have charged one with solicitation of murder for allegedly offering to kill the woman who accused basketball star Kobe of rape.  He was posing ...

I guess when it is revealed that your company's paying you almost $200M, anyone on a 9 to 5 gig could be pissed that someone is looting that for his uh "management" of people in a not-for-profit institution. Sheeit, I'd wanna bitch-slap somebody. However, call it outrageous, but it's not like he single-handedly awarded himself the pay. He was surrounded by a board that ...

Hell no! Why should she give it back?? He GAVE it to her, didn't he?? I think its hers to do as she pleases with; whether that is to throw it back @ him, throw it in the loo/sea, or whatever.  Granted, in a bad break up, most of us usually want that the guy and all physical signs of him (eg gifts) gone but I reserve the right ...

"Former Reagan Attorney General Ed Meese has a way to slow the exodus of jobs overseas: Put prisoners to work. Behind the barbed-wire fence surrounding the Federal Correctional Institution at Elkton, Ohio, inmates sit at a long table stripping down old computers, salvaging valuable bits of gold and platinum. In another room prisoners clad in protective suits hammer away at monitor screens and cathode tubes, the ...